Certifications
What each certification covers, how it was assessed, and the skills it proves.
OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP / OSCP+)
OffSec's flagship penetration testing certification, earned through the PEN-200 course. The exam is a 24-hour, proctored, hands-on assessment: compromise a set of standalone machines and a full Active Directory environment, then submit a professional penetration test report. OSCP+ is the current, time-bound version of the credential.
- Enumeration
- Exploitation
- Privilege escalation
- Active Directory
- Pivoting
- Reporting
Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP)
A hands-on Active Directory attack certification from the Attacking and Defending Active Directory course. The 24-hour exam takes place in a fully patched, multi-domain lab and is followed by a written report. It focuses on abusing AD features and misconfigurations rather than exploits, using PowerShell and built-in Windows tooling.
- Domain enumeration
- Kerberoasting
- Delegation abuse
- ACL abuse
- Trust attacks
- Persistence
Junior Penetration Tester (PT1)
TryHackMe's practical penetration testing certification. The exam is hands-on and covers web application, network and Active Directory targets, with findings documented in a report.
- Web application testing
- Network testing
- Active Directory
- Reporting
eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPTv2)
An entry-level, fully practical certification. The 48-hour exam runs in a live lab and tests assessment methodology, host and network auditing, host and network penetration testing, and web application testing.
- Reconnaissance
- Host and network testing
- Web application testing
- Metasploit
Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
ISC2's entry-level certification covering the core of the field: security principles, business continuity, disaster recovery and incident response, access control, network security, and security operations.
- Security principles
- Access control
- Network security
- Incident response
Career Essentials in Cybersecurity
A Microsoft and LinkedIn learning path introducing security fundamentals, the threat landscape, identity and access management, and common security tools, completed with an assessment.
- Security fundamentals
- Threat landscape
- Identity and access